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OpenOximetry.org will improve access to safe pulse oximeters by sharing data and developing improved oximeter technology & standards
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| Oct 18, 2024 | Health | FDA’s promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias | Aboelata’s clinic has sued producers and stores that sell oximeters, demanding they pull the devices or add safety warnings to the labels. Many of her patients rely on home oxygen, which requires accurate readings for Medicare to cover. But... |
| Feb 2, 2024 | FDA urged to move faster to fix pulse oximeters for darker-skinned patients | The Food and Drug Administration should move more quickly to ensure pulse oximeters — the ubiquitous devices used to measure blood oxygen — work well in all patients, should better inform clinicians about the devices’ shortcomings in patien... |
| Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone | There’s a growing consensus among physicians and government regulators that pulse oximeters measure oxygen levels less accurately in patients with darker skin and need to be fixed. There’s another problem, however, that needs to be fixed fi... | |
| No one’s quite sure how to fix pulse oximeters. The FDA asked this lab to find answers | SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery that fingertip oxygen-measuring devices might contribute to health disparities because they appear to work less well on patients with darker skin has roiled the world of pulse oximetry, a $2 billion industry th... | |
| Pulse oximeters and their inaccuracies will get FDA scrutiny today. What took so long? | A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday will take up the issue of whether pulse oximeters, the ubiquitous medical devices that became a mainstay for assessing patient oxygen levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, need to be ... |
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FAQ about OpenOximetry
What has the press written about OpenOximetry?
Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning OpenOximetry, among them “Health | FDA’s promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias” (Oct 18, 2024) and “FDA urged to move faster to fix pulse oximeters for darker-skinned patients” (Feb 2, 2024).
Is OpenOximetry still active?
Yes, OpenOximetry is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 18, 2024.